January 29, 2011 – Pastries and Lemon Blossoms

January 29th, 2011

Andy spent a long time making chocolate pastries, just like the ones they sell at Panera. They were fabulous!!!

Our lemon tree started blossoming!

January 8, 2011 – LASIK

January 8th, 2011

I had my eyes layered, and now I can see. This zombie-like redness in my eyes (and I am quoting a very honest middler schooler on that description) lasted a few weeks.

January 3, 2011 – Dinner at Applebees

January 3rd, 2011

January 2, 2011 – Pegboard and Drying Rack

January 2nd, 2011

January 1, 2011 – Resolution Run

January 1st, 2011

The Running Room sponsored the Resolution Run on January 1. It was really cold out, and I watched Andy run it from inside the Running Room.

December 29, 2010 – Snowblower

December 29th, 2010

After the blizzard, there were no snowblowers left in Rochester. That’s ok because it gave us time to reconsider whether we wanted to make the investment in never shoveling again. Did we still want one? Oh, yes.

December 25, 2010 – Christmas Day in Lawrence

December 25th, 2010

Kristi, Jon, Andy, and I were all out of things to do on Christmas Day so we toured Lawrence and ate Chinese food.

December 24, 2010 – Christmas Eve Celebration

December 24th, 2010

This Christmas we discovered Last Night on Earth, and Jon (as the zombies) triumphed. The family of Brian Wilson gave me my first Le Crueset pan.

December 23, 2010 – Traveling to KS

December 23rd, 2010

Here we are traveling from Minnesota to KS. We know where all the Panera’s along the highways are.

December 18, 2010 – Refrigerator Shopping

December 18th, 2010

We did have eminent refrigerator failure on our hands, so we spent the next day shopping for a new one. I found this really great model, which no one seemed to find funny.